Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
/ 2004-10-11 10:54:48 +0100 \ Gareth Ansell: > Hi, > > I am currently backing up an imap machine to a hot spare using drbd. I > originally set it up so that drbd was using the primary network card. > However, I have now installed a second card in both machines solely for > the use of drbd. > > Could anyone advise me of the best/least disruptive way of switching > them over. Is it simply a case of updating drbd.conf with the new IP > addresses and asking drbd to reread the config, or do I have to stop and > start drbd on both machines? no problem, a simple "drbdadm connect" should trigger a reconnect with the new network data. > What is the best order to do it, should I do secondary/primary or > primary/secondary. your choice. I'd change the hardware in the current secondary first, but it does not matter so much. > If I have to stop and start drbd what is the risk of the resync copying > in the wrong direction? I don't see any. Lars Ellenberg -- please use the "List-Reply" function of your email client.